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Exclusive interview with Alex Machacek 2006-10-22 15:46:11
Guitarist Alex Machacek is one of the great new voices in jazz fusion. His latest album [SIC] is really making waves for it's originality, and the stunning performances of the musicians involved (one of whom is legendary drummer Terry Bozzio). I had a chance to interview
Alex recently, and found him to be very gracious guy who was more than happy to answer my questions.
The Guitar Channel: Your latest album, [SIC], is one of the freshest-sounding jazz fusion albums I've heard in a long time. The liner notes state it was recorded in Vienna, Austin, and Los Angeles. How long did it take to put the whole album together? Was it something you recorded bit by bit over time?
Alex Machacek: Well, thank you for your compliment! This album took me a long time - all in all about 5 years. But I didn't continuously work on it, I worked on some tunes but got distracted by other projects. I started when I still lived in Vienna, recorded bits and pieces there, I used some "drum - l Read more:Exclusive
Stream upgrade 2006-10-22 04:50:13 The Guitar Channel radio stream can now support up to 15 listeners at once (up from 12). Enjoy!
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Steve Morse Band / Dixie Dregs 2007 tour dates! 2006-10-20 01:43:39
Jan 12 Boulder Theater - Boulder, COJan 13 The Depot - Salt Lake City, UTJan 14 The Boardwalk - Orangevale, CAJan 15 Mystic Theatre - Petaluma, CAJan 16 Slim's - San Francisco, CAJan 17 Catalyst - Santa Cruz, CAJan 18 The Canyon Club - Agoura Hills, CAJan 19 The Coach House - San Juan Capristano, CAJan 20 North Park Theater - San Diego, CA
Apparently, more dates
will be announced soon.via SteveMorse
Official Website
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Bruford - Rock Goes to College review at All About Jazz 2006-10-18 12:42:47 All About Jazz has posted a review
of the recently released DVD of Bruford's 1979 performance on Rock Goes To College
. This is a classic show from a classic band that featured Allan Holdsworth on guitar, Jeff Berlin on bass, Dave Stewart on keys, Annette Peacock on vocals, and of course Bill Bruford on drums.
Link
Beatles tribute to be released Oct. 24th 2006-10-16 12:58:12
On October 24, 2006 Restless Records will
release "Butchering The Beatles
". This looks to be the heaviest tribute
to the Beatles ever recorded. Check out the track listing below and the players involved. Personally, I'm looking forward to hearing "Taxman" with Steve Lukather and Tony Levin.
Link
"Butchering The Beatles" track listing:
1. "Hey Bulldog" - Alice Cooper, vox; Steve Vai, guitars; Duff McKagen
(Velvet Revolver / Guns N Roses), bass; Mikkey Dee (Motorhead), drums
2. "Back In The USSR" - Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead), vox/bass; John5
(Marilyn Manson / Rob Zombie), guitars; Eric Singer (Kiss / Alice Cooper),
drums
3. "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" - Geoff Tate (Queensryche), vox;
Michael Wilton (Queensryche), guitar; Craig Goldy (Dio), guitar; Rudy Sarzo
(Dio), bass; Simon Wright (Dio), drums; Scott Warren (Dio), keys
4. "Tomorrow Never Knows" - Billy Idol, vox; Steve Stevens (Billy Idol),
guitars; Blasko (Ozzy Osbourne), bass; Brian Tichy (Billy Idol), drums
New Brett Garsed lesson posted 2006-10-12 12:40:20 Brett Garsed has posted a new lesson
on his website. It's the fourth in a series he is doing for Australian Guitar Magazine. The new lesson is called Scales and Arpeggio's, and has transcriptions and MP3's of all the examples. There's some really nice lines in this lesson too; lots of great hybrid-picking stuff. Definitely check it out.
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Michael Landau Live CD release postponed 2006-10-10 00:28:27 The release date for the forthcoming MichaelLandau
Live album has been pushed back to Oct 31th. It was originally set to come out tomorrow, Oct 10th. This is apparently due to some production issues. :( Read more:Michael Landau
Nice write-up of the "Concert For Cliff" with Vai and Satriani 2006-10-03 18:16:25 Junkman from KNAC has written a great review of the "Concert
For Cliff
" that took place this past Saturday at the House of Blues in Hollywood. This was the Joe Satriani
/Steve Vai benefit concert for their friend Cliff Cultreri. Cliff is a music industry veteran who is currently suffering from a host of
Auto-Immune and Connective-Tissue disorders. The show featured guest performers Steve Lukather, Paul Gilbert, Scott Henderson, Johnny Hiland, Dweezil Zappa, and Johnny A. The review features the full set-list, including all the details of the various jams.
Junkman review of the "Concert for Cliff"
I also found this review by Yosean, and a gallery of camera phone pics he took of the show.
Alan Pasqua interview with Jon Hammond 2006-10-03 00:22:31 Jon Hammond
has done an interview
with keyboardist Alan Pasqua
. Alan is currently touring with Allan Holdsworth, Chad Wackerman, and Jimmy Halsip. He discusses the recent live DVD shoot they did, even saying the DVD with Holdsworth and the gang could be out by Christmas (!). He also talks about his time in Tony Williams' New Lifetime band. The link below will take you to the video of the interview.
Link
Chris Poland "Return To Metalopolis - Live" coming in 2007 2006-09-29 12:28:02 Chris Poland
(Ohm) will be releasing "Return
To Metalopolis - Live" on Lion Music in 2007. The album was recorded live in Phoenix in 1991. You can hear a teaser from the album on Poland's MySpace page.
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Zune price and release date announced 2006-09-28 23:06:38 I don't post much tech news anymore, but I thought this was worthy. Microsoft has officially announced the release date and pricing for the Zune
mp3/video player. It will cost $249 and be released November 14th. The specs and price
-point make this a very compelling alternative to the iPod, in my opinion.
Link
New domain name for The Guitar Channel 2006-09-25 22:02:30 After 2 years, I've finally gotten around to registering a new domian name for The GuitarChannel
. The new url is:
http://www.guitar-channel.com
The site has not moved (the old url will still work). The new domain
name just forwards to the Typepad site. I still have a few links to update, but it should be good to go.
Also, I've made some changes to the title information that gets displayed when you play the Guitar Channel stream. I'm still working on it. It should just have the url, with the song artist and title afterwards. Depending on the player you are using, the SHOUTcast description may appear in the scroll as well. I'd rather not have that, but it's a work in progress. The stream may stop and start sometimes over the next couple of days while I tweak it.
Rich
Alex Machacek - Donna Lee 2006-09-24 13:43:15
The incredible Alex Machacek
playing "Donna
Lee - The Easy Viennese Teenage Version" at the Offbeat record store in Durham, NC recently.
This was originally posted on Machacek's official website.
Allan Holdsworth updates 2006-10-24 12:45:39
Per AllanHoldsworth
's website, the live DVD recorded recently at Yoshi's in Oakland, CA will be released in eary 2007 by Altitude Digital. That same lineup (Holdsworth, Pasqua, Wackerman, Haslip) will play some more live dates in Europe in early May 2007.
Also, Holdsworth's trio (with Chad Wackerman - drums, and Jimmy Johnson - bass) will be touring the northeastern US in March 2007. Dates and venues TBA. Read more:updates
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Cool Shawn Lane video 2006-10-29 00:25:22
Here's some classic Shawn
Lane, live at Atlanta Drums & Percussion in August of 1996. This is an excerpt from the song "Rice With The Angels" with Jonas Hellborg - bass, and Jeff Sipe - drums. Read more:video
Greg Howe performs during NAMM '07 2006-10-27 15:10:57 Greg Howe is going to kick off the 2007 NAMM week bash with a show at Tone Merchants in Orange, CA on Jan 18th 2007. Seats are $20.00 per person; advance reservations are required. Read more:Greg Howe
Allan Holdsworth Trio 2007 East Coast tour dates!!! 2006-10-31 03:46:31 With Chad Wackerman - drums, and Jimmy Johnson - bass. The following dates
have been posted on Chad Wackerman's website.
WED MARCH 7 - SOMMERVILLE, MA (Johnny D's)THU MARCH 8 - NORTHAMPTON, MA (Iron Horse)FRI MARCH 9 - BOCHANON, NY (U-Music)SUN MARCH 11 - SOUTH HACKENSACK, NJ (School Of Rock)MON MARCH 12 - PIERMONT, NY (Turning Point)THU MARCH 15 - NEW YORK, NY (Iridium)FRI MARCH 16 - NEW YORK, NY (Iridium)SAT MARCH 17 - NEW YORK, NY (Iridium)SUN MARCH 18 - NEW YORK, NY (Iridium)TUE MARCH 20 - ANNAPOLIS, MD (Rams Head Tavern)WED MARCH 21 - ALEXANDRIA, VA (Birchmere)FRI MARCH 23 - PITTSBURGH, PA (Rex Theater)SAT MARCH 24 - CLEVELAND, OH (Winchester)
More dates TBA Read more:Allan
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Hectic Watermelon CD release concert with Jerry Goodman 2006-11-01 12:36:15 San Diego-based prog-fusion band HecticWatermelon
will be playing a CD release concert at San Diego State University on Dec 14th, with special guest JerryGoodman
on violin. Goodman played on Hectic Watermelon's recently released album "The Great American Road Trip". If you haven't heard this album yet, you'll definitely want to check it out. The writing is great - similar to the Dixie Dregs, only more progressive, and guitarist John Czajkowski is a great player. You can pick up the album at these locations:
Abstract LogixAbstrtact Logix Digital DownloadsAmazon
iTunes
Review: The Michael Landau Group Live 2006-11-03 16:15:27 Guitarist MichaelLandau
has appeared on countless recordings. In addition to being a studio legend, he's fronted several great bands over the years (such as Burning Water, and the Raging Honkies). He rarely releases "solo" albums however, so when he does it's something to take note of.
His latest album, "The Michael Landau Group
Live" is a mixture of vocal and instrumental tunes, and provides an excellent showcase for the variety of styles Landau likes to explore. The 2-disc set is arranged with the blues and heavier stuff up front on disc 1, with the jazzier pieces on disc 2. The songs were all recorded live at The Baked Potato in North Hollywood CA between 2004 and 2006. The other players appearing on the album are Jimmy Johnson and Chris Roy - bass; Toss Panos, Gary Novak, and Ronald Bruner Jr - drums; the always great Scott Kinsey - keys; and Chuck Kavooras - slide guitar (one track). This album is very similar in concept to Landau's last live album, "Live 2000", released in 20
G3 completes Latin American tour - Australian dates coming up 2006-11-05 13:52:25 The G3 tour of Latin
America is complete. This version of the G3 lineup included Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, and Eric Johnson. Here is a forum thread with a review (and pics) of the final show in Rio De Janeiro Brazil:
G3 - Rio De Janeiro 10/29 review
Next up for G3 is a short tour of Australia starting in late November. This time the lineup will be Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and John Petrucci. Here are the dates
:
Wed Nov 29th - Brisbane, Australia - Brisbane Convention Centre Fri Dec 1st - Sydney, Australia - Hordern Pavillion Sat Dec 2nd - Melbourne, Australia - Regent Theater Sun Dec 3rd - Melbourne, Australia - Regent Theater Wed Dec 6th - Adelaide, Australia - Entertainment Centre Fri Dec 8th - Perth, Australia - Challenge Stadium
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Review: Viva Carlos! 2006-11-06 12:09:26 Jeff Richman does it again. After producing guitar tributes to John Coltrane, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis, and Steely Dan, Richman serves up the music of Carlos
Santana for his latest project. "Viva Carlos!" (Tone Center) is probably the most interesting tribute Richman has produced so far. The rich Latin rhythms give this collection a completely different vibe than the previous tributes. As a result, the guest guitarists who appear on the album are playing in musical situations they don't normally explore. The backup band this time features Abe Laboriel - bass, Dave Weckl - drums, Luis Conte - percussion, Peter Wolf - keys, and Richman himself on rhythm guitar.
Most of the guest guitarists have appeared on past Richman tributes. Part of what makes this collection so interesting, however, are the new players Richman enlists this time around. Vinnie Moore makes his first appearance on a Richman tribute album, and hopefully it won't be his last. Moore's track "Se A Cabo" opens
Alex Machacek updates 2006-11-07 12:49:01 Guitarist Alex Machacek
will be appearing on the Tony Palkovic Radio Show on KSPC 88.7 in Los Angeles today, 11/7 from 12-2pm Pacific. The show will be rebroadcast on Wed 11/8 from 4-6am. You can listen online from http://www.kspc.org. Alex will be discussing his latest album [SIC].
In other Machacek news, the Out Trio (Terry Bozzio - drums, Doug Lunn - bass, Machacek - guitar) will be playing several shows in Japan in January. The exact dates and venues of these and other upcoming shows are now posted on Machacek's website. There are also plan's to film the Japan shows for a DVD release (!)
Alex also began teaching at GIT in October, and will have an article in next month's Guitar Player magazine on chord voicings. Read more:updates
Jazz Ministry to play The Baked Potato with Michael Landau & Robben Ford 2006-11-10 21:39:39 You lucky dogs in Southern California have a chance to see 2 guitar legends on the same stage, at the same time. The Jazz Ministry
(Greg Mathieson - keys, Abe Laboriel, Jr. - drums, Abe Laboriel, Sr. - bass, MichaelLandau
- guitar) will be playing at the BakedPotato
on 11/24 and 11/25, with special guest Robben
Ford! If anyone reading this post gets to see this show, please leave a comment and tell us how it went.
Greg Mathieson upcoming showsThe Baked Potato
Review: Jazz Pistols - Live 2006-11-11 19:49:33 After 3 studio albums, the German jazz-fusion trio Jazz Pistols
have released their first live recording. "Jazz Pistols - live" was recorded in Germany on 2/5/05, and it really shows how dynamic this band can be. Jazz Pistols music ranges from lighter jazz fare to heavy fusion, sometimes within the same song.
Bassist Christopher Victor Kaiser, a Berklee grad, often uses tapping to add chords and double-stops to his parts, making the band sound bigger than just a three-piece. He employs the technique to great effect in this live setting. Guitarist Stephan Ivan Schafer is impressive on the album as well. He knows exactly how to build intensity in his solos, often reaching points where you think he's gonna fly off the rails. His fast-picked runs are always dropped in at just the right spot too.
Songs like "Yellow Fellow" and "Mystic Train" show off the trio's lighter side. These are hip tunes, but the band really shines on the heavier stuff. "Take the brake" is one of the standout
Tempe AZ show added to SMB/Dixie Dregs tour 2006-11-16 12:27:29 The following show has been added to the January 2007 Steve Morse Band/Dixie
Dregs tour:
Jan 21 - Marque Theatre Tempe, AZ
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